Show WERE THERE TWINS THE following special from omaha to to the denver news suggest a curious theory by which to account for the wonderful wondern ua record claimed to have been made at the late pedestrian contest in madison square new york charles D babbin the well known sporting man ot of this city and who has always been greatly interested in contests and like athletic sport and who is the principal backer or prince in the great bicycle race soon to take place with mccurdy telegraphed to new york parties panics last night that he would bet to 2000 that albert did not walk 2 mii miles at the recent maten and furthermore that he could not walk miles in six days mr strongly suspects that crooked work has been done and that the referee contestants and spee spec gators were tricked mr bilbin claims to know how the czick could be successfully worked but clec fledged lined to expose it at present he also states that al emilli who managed the aff affair air knows now it can be done but is positive that smith is innocent of abetting the fraud in ID response to a telegraphic inquiry fea berday from ir biboli smith wired back that he never saw albert before the match and never spoke to him in his life I 1 some two or three years ago certain sporting men were approached by a stranger who proposed the following scheme he said he knew twin brotheris breto ers who resembled each other so closely that thai the tae ones identity was established by the other older when apart no one not everi even intimate friends could tell one from the other he f urther further stated that they were already fair walkers and then asked why could not one odthe ot the brothers be secretly carried into the dressing dressin gr room of his hia brother ina in a large trunk for instance and whan the one retires from the track let the othet other take his place a el in that way both of them con could fd b be e always fresh and could break all records the pool rooms of th the entire country could be worked and the winnings of the backers be unlimited this scheme was considered a most excellent one and the two men were brought to omaha where for nearly a sar they were in constant training gar be resemblance b tween between them was wonderful and it seemed that detection would be impossible finally some rupture occurred between the twins and the sports who were backlog backing them they left omaha and also left 2000 indebtedness neither one has been seen here since it is now believed in sporting circles that the two brothers worked the he snap at madison square gardens last week |